Always has me in buckets this song as it brings memories of much happy and simpler times when life was slower and people had time for one another. It was given alot of airtime back then and I can still visualise my late parents singing along to it.
Hi there how are you doing today I'm Lucifer in shanklin isle of wight yeah the 70s the hair the clothes and the music where as the time gone let's go back in time and stay at that time
Played this for my mum when she got home from the hospital after 5 months .She was so happy to be home ..she passed on the 18th january 2021 ..i was holding her hand .RIP mum ...love you ♡
My beloved Mum passed yesterday: 05 April 2023. She was 83 years old and suffered a fatal sub-arachnoid haemorrhage....I'm just home from the hospital, throughly distraught and bereft of my Mother....
Hello Issy. I was a child of the 1970s and totally agree with you. We used to go out at 9am and be out all day with no worries. TV watch much better back then and folk were more frienflier. X
Takes me back to when I am 12 years old and my Mam used to sing this to my Dad who had been working away all week in the days of no mobile phones and we didn't have a house phone then.Both are no longer in this world and this song brings so many memories back of me enjoying the seventies,my Dad grafting away and lovely Saturday mornings catching up with a bacon sarnie and my Mam washing all my dads clothes . . great days.
I feel they were close in real life, they were holding hands a lot during the song, and every time she loooked at him, you could see the love in her eyes.
Often wondered how it got lost along the way. Great Christmas song and a great banner for people returning home and all kinds of reunions. Often wondered how they lasted so little. Their songs have a timeless message and sound.
It is a beautiful and emotional song but sadly the world was still full of wars,famines and crime when it was released,we learn nothing from history,only that music was a lot better years ago.
I know what you mean and I don't know if it's because I was young with no worries enjoying life or being naive. My parents probably said same and realised how hard life was when older
Some facts about Lennie and Dianne that some of you may not know: 1. Lennie Peters was blinded in one eye aged 5 during a car accident, and the other at 16 when a brick was thrown at him. 2. Peters was the uncle of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. 3. The singing duo’s original name was Lennie Peters and Melody. 4. Their first performance was supporting Rolf Harris. 5. They were the first act after the Beatles to simultaneously chart a single and an LP at number one in England. 6. Peters’ daughter Lisa was murdered in a caravan park in 2005, while on holiday with her three young sons. 7. Peters died of bone cancer in 1992, at the age of 60. 8. He had links with East End gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray, who encouraged his career. Another brother, Charlie Kray, attended his funeral. 9. Peters appeared briefly as a crime boss in the 1984 film The Hit. 10. Dianne Lee married Wizzard bass player Rick Price, and they still tour together as a duo. 11. The duo’s best-known hit Welcome Home was used to advertise Walkers Crisps in 1995.
Those are really interesting little and not so little anecdotes . How do you know so much about them and do you have any links to any of them in particular the story of his daughter being murdered? They have certainly had more than their fair share of misfortune, the guy getting blinded in one eye and then another years later is almost unbelievable and just beyond bad luck
and the song was originally called Vivre by Lenny Kuhr , who won the 1969 Eurovision for France. The song was translated to English and the rest as they say is history
The other week we finally decided to place my dogs ashes on my late grandad's grave where we also scattered my granny and uncle and when we got back in the car to drive home this is the song that was playing on the radio. My mum and I cried the whole way home, such a beautiful song
This was played at my dear mums funeral 3 months ago today, I love u mum I didn't just lose my mum I lost my best friend, I miss you and love you so much xxx
Nikki, condolences to you. I will think of you next time I listen to this. I just shared it with my brother who is back home from working in a war zone. It's a beautiful song and means much to many xx
I sing this to all my military service brothers when they touchdown on home soil it brings tears to their eyes .I can't imagine what they done and saw just happy that they are home
Thanks for serving. I have a slightly different take on this song as it was released not long after I was blown sky high by an I.R.A. bomb, as a 4-yr-old, standing holding my mother's hand as we waited on my father coming out of the office on a Saturday lunchtime. They played their usual sick joke of telling the R.U.C. in a coded phone call that it was planted at the opposite end of the street, so they always got the highest casualties that way (as police hurried us towards the explosion). I live with C.P.T.S.D. & lost many friends & family members in civilian police & "special" forces units over the years. When my husband & I bought a house in Southern California, we opened our home to marines, "Top Gun" pilots & sailors who were homesick & loved being in a family atmosphere. They also got to break the rules for new recruits as we allowed them to use our phone for long calls home. We often had around 20 for dinner :-). The other thing they loved was volleyball & barbeques on the beaches. They called me "Mrs. B." & I was a LOT younger than most of them, loved them like family &, sadly some never came home after the Gulf War. God Bless & keep your head low (now I'm sliding into another '70's pop song :-) ).
My dear mum played this song when I come home from the slammer 5 long years ago, she has kept me out ever since. It was my first sentence, love you mum, forever and always ❤️
Quite similar here my father would join in singing this every time it came on TV so the song always reminds me of him -:just Keep your fathers memory strong and he,ll always be with you .
Ahh the days when there was only one tv in the house, and we all use to sit around watching as a family. Although only 3 channels at the time, there was more quality on tv with just those 3 channels than the 100 we get now. The music had more meaning, and you could hear real instruments being played ( unlike the computerised crap today). Yes the 70's and 80's were memorable periods, where live was simple and happier with the little we had.
I was just going to say that! I reviewed all the UK #1 hits (1952-present), and this got 8/10 from me. There are some good songs now, but the scum in the toilet bowl is what usually gets to number one. (I was born in 1999. 2006 was the only good year this millennium (2000 was in the 20th century).) As for TV and films? I'm not sure, but definitely not as good as in the past.
Yomi Dahl, go back to those days then, just have one TV in your house and limit yourselves to three channels. Listen to 70s and 80s music, and have no internet connection. Bet you won't.
You didn’t live in the 70s/80s. You have no idea what culture and society actually was like because you didn’t live in it. If I had a choice between a 70s and growing up today, I would absolutely choose the 70s: -Economy was better -There was less violence -Education was better -There were not as many drugs addicts on the streets like today -Music, movies, etc. was 100 times better compared to today. (I still have a Linn Sondek record player and listen to vinyl records). There were 4 or 5 TV channels, which was plenty. Life was simpler in the 70s. London (where I live) was less crowded, not multicultural. It was easier to afford a house, there was less traffic. Things were far less commercialized and less oriented toward spendy “luxury” experiences that regular people cannot afford. The 90's began, and life became digital....... P.S. I wish that the internet was never invented, it ruined society
Takes me right back to the early '70's when I was a kid. Songs like this are very evocative but the effect is not just nostalgic. There really was a warmth there which has utterly vanished from this cynical, cold modern world and we suffer because of it. And you realise from a humble little pop song like this. You weep without knowing it.
❤🙏🏻Thank you for posting this! 😢I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to find it. My dad was an entertainer/musician and was on the road traveling most of my childhood. My mom had this record and I always knew the words, but I was very young when it came out. As I grew older I realized what the words were saying and why she loved the song 🥹. She is 94 now and almost ready to go to her heavenly home, so I plan to play this at her funeral- it’s my Daddy’s turn to welcome her home and they will forever be together 🥲💗
Me too, I'm so glad I was s 70's child. Such happy carefree days. I remember going with my Mum to the record store to buy the 7 inch vinyl of this. In my town the last record /cd store closed its doors last year, such a shame!
if the record companies weren't so greedy, they could be still selling vinyl and cd's. they alwasy gave us bad value for money, i felt.# i mean, 5 or 6 songs on each side of an expensive LP. NO WONDER k-tel scooped top prize for giving us 10 or 12 tracks on each side. still, the cd's are better !!
Can’t stop playing this song I loved it when it was released love it even more now. Got 2 military sons based in Afghanistan and it’s been 11 years since I had them both home for Christmas and new year this year I’ve got my dream. Subject to Covid regulations they will be home to see their children to see their family. I’m the proudest mum in the world. Welcome home my very handsome gorgeous boys.xxx💙🥰🌈💙🥰🌈🎄💂💂♂️
This also takes me back to when I was a kid growing up in the 70's...things just seemed so much simpler then. Loved being a kid back then RIP Lennie Peters
We had a simple childhood not obsessed with technology and phone addicted . Playing in the parks with jumpers as goal posts for hours . The cinema was a real treat . It was idyllic in some ways but not perfect by any means .
Love this song. I heard it in 1978 when my sister brought a cassette tape of Peters & Lee from the UK. Loved it ever since. Brings back ton of memories. I am 57 now.
Never ever get tired of hearing this wonderful lovely song.....48 years later !!!!... incredible but just shows you that some songs really can stand the test of time.....and what a lovely couple really suited each other.....anyway God bless and please remember to try and b kind to each other as good karma so important xx 😇🥰😎❤❤❤
Totally agree with you. I was 10 when this song came out and I believe we lived through the very BEST time for music. We had Pop, Glam Rock Rock Punk etc etc. I am just glad that I was a child in the 1970s.😀
I was only 7 years old when this was released, yet after all the time spent in Lockdown, it feels like only yesterday! As so many others have said, it reminds me of times when things were so much better, and the world was a better place to be. Consider this to be the PERFECT Song choice to see an end to all Covid restrictions within social life & the hospitality industry. The welcome home and return to normality, in the hope we can learn from our past and work towards a better, safer and more caring future.
I had completely forgotten this little gem.Have not heard it for years,still beautiful takes me back to my innocent youth when everything was so much nicer,especially the music.Thanks for a blast from the past.👍👍👍⚘
As a kid in the 70's, when the adults would sit around the table and party with the guitar, this was one of their fave songs, and it was my dads who passed away many years ago but still i can shed those tears when i listen to this song, thankyou for posting. great memories
Takes me back to a time when I was a boy in Wales with my family. My grandparents and my dad was still alive. The golden age of TV and film as well. Films like Star wars, Grease , and the Carry on films. Great TV like Morecambe and Wise, 3 2 1 and Doctor Who (Tom Baker) on a Saturday night. Now those days are sadly gone, just like my dad and grandparents. The music is just so terrible now and TV, the dreadful X factor. Today's films are no better with violence and swearing. It really was so much better then than it is now. I'm still happy though I'm now nearly 50, still got my mam and my own family, but I refuse to listen to today's trash and watch the rubbish that's on TV these days. Very little to look forward to on TV these days.
I couldn't agree more with you... Wish we could go back to those carefree days with great music and great TV.. Because it certainly beats the rubbish we have today.... People were nicer to each other as well I do believe...
Andrew Dexter I don’t have an aerial connection in my room & don’t miss tv that much. What I want to watch is accessible my other means. In the 80s I watched so much, because there was something to watch. Now there isn’t!
This reminds me of my Mum in 2018, I at to get back home in Derbyshire, she hung on in the Hospital till I got there and she looked at me smiled half hour after, she passed away..
I was just 10 years old when this song came out. I remember seeing Peters and Lee on Opportunity Knocks with Hughie Green. I loved this song then in 1973 and still love it today on 26th November 2023 some 50 tests later.
I was a dj at a ( small )night club on south coast england when this song was a hit ,they were booked to be the main act one night .What a great loverly couple ,Sung their songs and had all the time in the world afterwards to have a drink and chat to me and " fans " couple of The Bee Gees and a few other famous people at the time were in the club as well to just be in audience and see them .Sat drinking and talking till very late , never forget it .Brilliant
I love this song, the nostalgia, a simple song about a reunited love, and well sung by Peters and Lee, Lenny Peters had a wonderful bluesy voice, and Diane Lee complimented it beautifully, what a smasher Diane Lee was, Lenny Peters passed away and is missed.
I was 6, I remember Peters and Lee appearing on various tv shows throughout the 70s. Terrific voices, those two. Love this song and the harmonies. 50 years ago this year, crazy!!!
Beautiful song, i find it great to listen to these classic old songs but also feel a sadness when watching and knowing that these amazing people are either past on or forgotten. The lady singing in this here is so beautiful, i wonder what ever become of her and the gentleman. thanks
Love this song and haven’t heard it for 20 years. My parents used to dance to it together on a Sunday, in-between preparing the roast, bless their souls ❤
music transports you back in time. fantastic but then reality sets in and its hard to forget. then you wish you could go back.please someone invent a time machine!
Put this on and didn't realise how emotional it would make me . Thinking of my dear old Nan who would sing this to me when I popped up on my way home from school , always happy to see me and do me some dinner . Miss you every day Lil xx
Lovely song from this duo.....just love this happy feelgood song and such nice nice people......lenny Peter's and diane Lee god bless you....merry and peaceful xmas to everyone and please dont forget to b kind to each other good karma so important and try to do something nice for someone at xmas....xxx😇🥰😎❤❤❤
I was never alive to see my grandad but my mum and auntie and my dear nan assure me this was his favourite song so I always listen to it hoping he's watching down on me
I adore this song since I was a young girl it’s so Beuitfull isent it it will never get old. Ever he reminds me off Roy. Or o don I love him two great tunes ❤❤❤❤❤
Wow! Ms Diane Lee was unquestionably a very good-looking young woman back in 1973 - that much is crystal clear to me, having watched that vintage 'Top Of The Pops' footage.
So underated..Saw them in Margate in the 70s several times.Bought the house down each time. Music and recordings that are timeless. Dianne was and still is....GORGEOUS!!!!
